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0800 024 1122Wednesday 24th April 2013
New research has found that people living in rural areas of Scotland are at risk of obstructive sleep apnoea but could be going undiagnosed because of the lack of services. Sleep apnoea is a sleep condition where sufferer’s airways get...Read full: Scots at risk of sleep disorder in rural areas – report
Wednesday 27th March 2013
Research by the Sleep Council has found that over a third of children don’t get to bed before 9pm on a school night despite children between 7 and 14 years old needing nine or ten hours sleep. This has made them aware that parents need to teach...Read full: Sleep Council urges parents to teach children the importance of sleep – report
Friday 22nd March 2013
Following from last weeks World Sleep Day, Philips electronics have collaborated with Pakistan Sleep Research Foundation (PSRF) and announced their first sleep training session and will run in North Pakistan The news of their first sleep training...Read full: Philips announce first sleep training session – report
Thursday 14th March 2013
Following the triumph of the Sleep Art Project which was carried out in a hotel in Paris, Berlin, London and Warsaw a Sleep Art app has been created by ACNE Productions. The Sleep Art Project which was launched in October 2012 ran for three months...Read full: App that turns sleep into art
Thursday 28th February 2013
This week it’s been reported that a pilot fell into a ‘deep sleep’ twice in the flight deck whilst flying an Air New Zealand flight between London and LA. The pilot who was said to have been exhausted hadn’t had adequate...Read full: NZ pilot falls into ‘deep sleep’ in flight deck
Thursday 7th February 2013
A new service in Vienna is offering customers the chance to catch forty winks with a power nap in serene surroundings, in a bid to relieve stress and boost energy levels. Targeted at local businesspeople and tourists, Reflexia Studio is a sedately...Read full: Austrian studio offering power nap sessions
Monday 24th December 2012
Hollywood actress Megan Fox has revealed that she hired a night nurse to look after her newborn son in a bid to avoid the excesses of sleep deprivation, despite initially attempting to cope without help. Fox and her partner Brian Green had their first...Read full: Actress admits sleepless baby stress
Thursday 29th November 2012
Last week the new Paediatric Sleep and Ventilation Unit opened at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London. The unit is estimated to be able to help 1000 children each year who find it difficult to breathe through the night. The opportunity to be able to...Read full: New children’s sleep centre opens at Royal Brompton
Thursday 2nd August 2012
Two Olympians have admitted to sleeping through their alarm clocks on the morning of their events, reports the Guardian. Team GB’s weightlifter Jack Oliver over-slept by more than an hour and was roused by a knock on his door, while Australian...Read full: Olympians admit to over-sleeping
Monday 28th May 2012
A mattress dating back 77,000 years has been found in South Africa, making it the oldest known example of human bedding. Uncovered by archaeologists at a sandstone cave in Sibudu, South Africa, the find reveals the complex nature of early peoples’...Read full: World’s oldest mattress discovered
Monday 21st May 2012
Athletes competing in the London Olympics will be given the best chance of good sleep in the Olympic Village, with every apartment being fitted with blackout curtains. As a key part of the recovery process for the body, sleep is vital to athletes of...Read full: Blackout Curtains to Help Olympic Stars Sleep
Tuesday 17th April 2012
A dramatic incident onboard an Air Canada flight in which a passenger plane was plunged into a nosedive, detailed in a report released this week, has underlined the potentially dangerous effects of ‘sleep inertia’ and fatigue. The Transportation...Read full: Fatigued Pilot Shows Sleep Dangers
Thursday 12th April 2012
Getting a good night’s sleep on a regular basis is vital for many aspects of your day-to-day life, including your ability to stay alert and focused during your time at work. This is why a new statistic about quality of sleep amongst British workers...Read full: Sleep Deprivation Affecting One in Three UK Workers – News
Tuesday 28th February 2012
In a previous blog we discussed the soothing and healing qualities of the colour green and the benefits for painting your bedroom in this colour. The colour blue also has very similar qualities and like green, it is perfect shade for creating a calming...Read full: A Calming and Relaxing Shade of Blue Ideal for the Bedroom
Thursday 9th February 2012
Sleep apnoea is a disorder that causes lapses in breathing while you sleep. This lapse in breathing, often called an ‘episode’, can last a matter of seconds or for a number of minutes, and can occur numerous times a night. Each episode...Read full: Pioneering New Surgery Available for Sleep Apnoea Sufferers - News





